Performance Indicators: Good, Bad, and Ugly

Bird, Sheila M.; David, Cox Sir; Farewell, Vernon T.; Harvey, Geriant; Holt, Tim; Smith, Peter

doi:10.1111/j.1467-985x.2004.00333.x

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“…A pooled estimate of these odds ratios across surveys was also estimated. These odds ratios, and the pooled estimate and its confidence intervals, are displayed for each survey using a funnel graph (Bird and Cox, 2005). This graph plots the odds ratio for each survey on a log scale (y-axis) against the precision of the estimate of each odds ratio (x-axis).…”

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The relation between multiple pains and mental disorders: Results from the World Mental Health Surveys

Gureje

Korff

Kola

et al. 2008

Pain

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It is unclear whether differences exist in the prevalence of mood, anxiety and alcohol use disorders among persons with multiple pain conditions compared with those with single pain problems. We conducted population surveys in 17 countries in Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and the South Pacific. Participants were community-dwelling adults (N = 85,088). Mental disorders were assessed with the Composite International Diagnostic Interview. Pain was assessed by self-report. Both multiple and single site pain problems were associated with mood and anxiety disorders, but not with alcohol abuse or dependence. In general, the prevalence of specific mood and anxiety disorders followed a linear pattern with the lowest rates found among persons with no pain, intermediate rates among those with one pain, and highest rates among those with multi-site pain problems. Relative to persons not reporting pain, the pooled estimates of the age-sex adjusted odds ratios were 1.8 (1.7-2.0) for mood disorders and 1.9 (1.8-2.1) for anxiety disorders for persons with single site pain; 3.7 (3.3-4.1) for mood disorders and 3.6 (3.3-4.0) for anxiety disorders among those with multi-site pain. Our results indicate that the presence of multiple pain conditions was strongly and comparably associated with mood and anxiety disorders in diverse cultures. This consistent pattern of associations suggests that diffuse pain and psychiatric disorders are generally associated, rather than diffuse pain representing an idiom for expressing distress that is specific to particular cultural settings or diffuse pain solely representing a form of masked depression. Ó

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The relation between multiple pains and mental disorders: Results from the World Mental Health Surveys

Gureje

Korff

Kola

et al. 2008

Pain

293

170

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“…A pooled estimate of these ORs across surveys was also estimated. These ORs, and the pooled estimate, are displayed for each survey using a funnel graph (Bird et al 2005), which plots the OR for each survey on a log scale (y axis) against the precision of the estimate of each OR (x axis). Precision is the reciprocal of the standard error of the OR estimate.…”

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Mental disorders among persons with arthritis: results from the World Mental Health Surveys

Zhang

Lin

et al. 2008

Psychol. Med.

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“…In education, examination results are published to guide parental choice of schools for children about to enter each phase of schooling: primary schooling (ages 4-11), secondary schooling (ages 11-16) and a further two optional years of education (ages 16-18). A comprehensive review of the technical issues in these and other areas can be found in a report produced by the Royal Statistical Society (Bird et al, 2005). Common to these contexts is that the current performance of institutions is implicitly promoted as a guide to their future performance.…”

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The Limitations of using School League Tables to Inform School Choice

Leckie

Goldstein

2009

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A: Statistics in Society

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In England, so-called 'league tables' based on examination results and test scores are published annually, ostensibly to inform parental choice of secondary schools. A crucial limitation of these tables is that the most recent published information is based on the current performance of a cohort of pupils who entered secondary schools several years earlier, whereas for choosing a school it is the future performance of the current cohort that is of interest. We show that there is substantial uncertainty in predicting such future performance and that incorporating this uncertainty leads to a situation where only a handful of schools' future performances can be separated from both the overall mean and from one another with an acceptable degree of precision. This suggests that school league tables, including value-added tables, have very little to offer as guides to school choice. Copyright (c) 2009 Royal Statistical Society.

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Performance Indicators: Good, Bad, and Ugly

Cited by 271 publications

References 26 publications

The relation between multiple pains and mental disorders: Results from the World Mental Health Surveys

The relation between multiple pains and mental disorders: Results from the World Mental Health Surveys

Mental disorders among persons with arthritis: results from the World Mental Health Surveys

The Limitations of using School League Tables to Inform School Choice

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